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Standard suicide front

The role's baseline: bot lab first, economy expands through the first minutes, and Thugs with Aggravators and Grunts carry the fight to the middle as T2 approaches.

#eco #defence · 410 distinct matches · 80 players · 70% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 51% of 426 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 0:34

  1. Take 3 mex, then rush a Bot Lab immediately for early army.
  2. Finish Bot Lab, start pumping Thug, Grunt and Aggravator.
  3. Push units to middle to contest and secure reclaim early.
  4. Add Advanced Metal Extractor to keep economy scaling with the fight.
  5. Hold middle with bots until T2 reinforcements arrive from Geo.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 410 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:00 step by step: what to build now, what comes next, and where it goes. At 1× it keeps pace with your own game.

  1. 1

    Up to the Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 1 mexdone ~0:34, middle half 0:27–0:44

    By 0:18 in all: 1 mex

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×2for Front
    2. Bot LabBot Labfor Frontdone 0:34 · typical 0:34
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Graverobber4 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard3 Guard
    • Thug14 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt
    • Aggravator1 Aggravator
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 14 steps
    1. Windfor Front
    2. GraverobberGraverobberfor Front
    3. Windfor Front
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. Mexfor Front
    6. GruntGrunt
    7. Construction BotCon bot ×3for Front
    8. GuardGuardfor Front
    9. ThugThug ×2
    10. Mex
    11. ThugThug ×3
    12. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    13. ThugThug ×18
    14. AggravatorAggravator ×4
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Graverobber2 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard1 Guard
    • Thug5 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt
    • Aggravator1 Aggravator

    Some games also: energy storage (47%) · Radar Tower (42%) · Twin Guard (32%) · Dragon's Teeth (31%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 18 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 136 steps
    1. AggravatorAggravator ×3
    2. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    3. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3for Front
    4. AggravatorAggravator
    5. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3for Front
    6. AggravatorAggravator
    7. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Front
    8. Radar TowerRadar Towerfor Front
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    11. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Front
    12. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    13. AggravatorAggravator
    14. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2for Front
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    16. AggravatorAggravator
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2for Front
    19. Con turretfor Front
    20. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    21. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Front
    22. AggravatorAggravator
    23. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3for Front
    24. AggravatorAggravator
    25. GuardGuard
    26. Converterfor Front
    27. AggravatorAggravator
    28. Converterfor Front
    29. GuardGuard
    30. Converterfor Front
    31. AggravatorAggravator
    32. Converterfor Front
    33. AggravatorAggravator
    34. Energy storagefor Front
    35. AggravatorAggravator
    36. Wind
    37. AggravatorAggravator ×2
    38. Wind ×3
    39. AggravatorAggravator
    40. Wind ×2
    41. GraverobberGraverobber
    42. Wind ×2
    43. GraverobberGraverobber
    44. Wind ×3
    45. GraverobberGraverobber
    46. Wind ×2
    47. AggravatorAggravator
    48. Wind ×2
    49. AggravatorAggravator
    50. Wind ×2
    51. AggravatorAggravator
    52. Wind ×4
    53. AggravatorAggravator
    54. Wind ×2
    55. Construction BotCon bot
    56. Wind ×3
    57. Construction BotCon botfor Front
    58. Wind ×2
    59. Construction BotCon botfor Front
    60. Windfor Front
    61. Construction BotCon botfor Front
    62. Windfor Front
    63. ThistleThistle ×2for Front
    64. Construction BotCon bot
    65. Windfor Front
    66. ThistleThistle ×2for Front
    67. Windfor Front
    68. Construction BotCon bot
    69. Windfor Front
    70. ThistleThistlefor Front
    71. Construction BotCon botfor Front
    72. Wind ×3for Front
    73. Construction BotCon bot
    74. Windfor Front
    75. GuardGuardfor Front
    76. Construction BotCon botfor Front
    77. Wind ×2for Front
    78. Construction BotCon bot
    79. Wind ×8for Front
    80. GuardGuard
    81. Wind ×2for Front
    82. CastroCastro
    83. GruntGrunt
    84. Wind ×2for Front
    85. GruntGruntfor Front
    86. GuardGuard
    87. GruntGrunt
    88. Wind ×2for Front
    89. AgitatorAgitatordone 11:58
    90. GruntGruntfor Front
    91. Windfor Front
    92. GruntGrunt
    93. Windfor Front
    94. GruntGruntfor Front
    95. Wind ×2for Front
    96. GruntGruntfor Front
    97. GuardGuard
    98. Wind ×2for Front
    99. GruntGrunt
    100. Wind ×5for Front
    101. GruntGrunt
    102. Windfor Front
    103. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    104. Windfor Front
    105. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×4
    106. Windfor Front
    107. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2for Front
    108. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    109. GuardGuard
    110. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    111. Windfor Front
    112. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    113. Windfor Front
    114. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    115. Windfor Front
    116. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    117. GuardGuard
    118. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    119. Windfor Front
    120. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teethfor Front
    121. Windfor Front
    122. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    123. Windfor Front
    124. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×2
    125. Windfor Front
    126. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    127. Construction BotCon bot
    128. GraverobberGraverobber
    129. Wind ×2for Front
    130. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    131. Windfor Front
    132. Wind
    133. Wind ×2for Front
    134. Converterfor Front
    135. Windfor Front
    136. Converterfor Front

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is Killerassel's (36 OS, 27/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:11 · in 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:33 · in 56% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k15k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

426 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0027700
2:0096900
3:002064194133
4:003154682645
5:00430316331418
6:00553025392419
7:00672035523537
8:00791944944525
9:00915251605480
10:001040958576293
11:001194663357112
12:001355368317999
13:001518474488814
14:001702082219599
15:0018420878610385
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's baseline aggressive job, winning half its games while both dealing and taking heavy metal losses fighting at middle.

  • + Fastest Bot Lab of any role (0:34), gets units fighting almost immediately.
  • + Destroys 8805 enemy metal by 15:00 through constant middle pressure.
  • − Loses 10461 own metal by 15:00, more than it destroys.
  • − Metal production lags behind other front role at 18297 by 15:00.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

Killerassel

36.0 OS · 27/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
15 metal received · 38941 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:34Middle 50%: 0:27–0:44 · n=422
Advanced Metal Extractor9:41Middle 50%: 8:45–10:58 · n=276

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